Stirling

THE LODGE OF STIRLING

Location: Malden

Chartered By: Dana J. Flanders

Charter Date: 11/22/1911 1911-156

Precedence Date: 11/30/1910

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into Golden Rule Lodge, 05/27/2005.

PAST MASTERS

Charles B. Burleigh, 1910
George M. Weeks, 1911, 1912
Charles E. Prior, 1913, 1914
S. Hale Baker, 1915, 1916
Philip S. Dean, 1917, 1918
Erwin S. Pierce, 1919, 1920
Henry E. Guilford, 1921, 1922
Pitt R. Culkin, 1923, 1924
Arthur W. Coombs, 1925, 1926
Elliot W. Aldrich, 1927, 1928
Charles E. Guilford, 1929
William G. Simkins, 1930
Edward P. Wells, 1931; SN
Aloysius J. Glossa, 1932
George W. Coombs, 1933
Albin B. Berthel, 1934
Albert Brown, 1935; N
Byron L. Greatorex, 1936
Francis S. Wells, 1937
Louis R. Schaffer, 1938
Duncan H. Donald, 1939
Clarence A. Russell, 1940
John H. Lundgren, 1941
William Holden, 1942
Neil MacInnes, 1943
Walter G. Herder, 1944
Horace F. Lind, 1945
Walter Roulliard, 1946
Donald S. Learnard, 1947
John Forsey, 1948
James A. Westhaver, 1949
Alfred Q. Smith, 1950; N
Orson R. Smith, 1951
Stanley N. Dickinson, 1952
Allan N. Squires, 1953
James G. Wolstenholme, 1954
Ernest C. Vincent, 1955
Harold H. Berthel, 1956
Henry W. Johnson, 1957
James C. Rumson, 1958
Oliver D. Messenger, 1959
Howard C. Waddle, Jr., 1960
Kenneth MacCuish, 1961
Robert J. Holden, Jr., 1962
Raymond W. Erhardt, 1963
Leslie E. McCleery, 1964
Horace O. Grant, 1965
Richard G. McManus, 1966
John K. Moran, 1967
Parker D. Williams, 1968; N
Richard W. Thackeray, 1969
Westford Robbins, 1970
Elmer L. Maxwell, 1971
Robert E. Dixon, 1972
Boyd L. King, 1973
Paul E. Johnson, 1974
LeGrant C. Stanley, 1975
Albert J. Retalic, 1976
David P. Lang, 1977
Michael P. Prodanas, 1978, 1985
Richard A. Singer, 1979
Joseph A. Ciraramitaro, 1980
Charles G. Sellick, 1981
George S. Wells, 1982
Joseph J. Allegra, 1983
John J. Girdvainis, 1984, 1995; PDDGM
Charles E. Horton, Jr., 1986, 1990, 2001
Richard T. Perry, 1987, 1992, 1998
Thomas D. Rivers, III, 1988
Louis N. Carreras, 1989
Steven L. Graffam, 1993
Paul J. Sandoe, 1994
Wayne D. Berthel, 1991, 1996, 1997
Russell G. Lecaroz, 1999, 2002
David J. Mitchell, 2004, 2005

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1910
Petition for Charter: 1911
Consolidation Petition (with Golden Rule Lodge): 2005

ANNIVERSARIES

1935 (25th Anniversary)
1960 (50th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1911 (Flanders; 2 visits, including constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1914 (M. Johnson)
1935 (Allen; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1960 (Eaton; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1972 (Vose; Feast of St. Andrew)
1985 (Richardson)
2005 (Hodgdon; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1911 1913 1914 1916 1925 1930 1932 1956 1957 1964 1975 1984 1990

HISTORY

1935 (25th Anniversary History, 1935-182)
1960 (50th Anniversary History, 1960-219)

OTHER

XXXXXXXXXX* 1883 (Granting of a replacement charter for one destroyed by fire)

1937 (Reduction of fees approved, 1937-44)
1958 (Participation in cornerstone laying, 1958-137)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Albert Brown, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1953, 1954; N
Charles B. Burleigh, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1915, 1916; Deputy Grand Master 1923
John J. Girdvainis, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1997, 1998
Alfred Q. Smith, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1965, 1966; N
Edward P. Wells, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1937, 1938; SN
Parker D. Williams, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1981, 1982; N